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Obama City
Fukui Prefecture · City
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Obama City, on Wakasa Bay, is the center of Wakasa. It prospered as a "miketsukuni" that sent seafood to the capital and as the starting point of the Saba Kaido (mackerel road). With many temples and shrines, including Myotsu-ji Temple, a National Treasure, it is called "Nara by the sea," and it is said to send the water for the Omizutori ritual at Todai-ji. Wakasa lacquerware and the Obama Nishigumi townscape are also known.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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